What’s on

Annual club mid-winter trip.
Saturday races, Saturday night club dinner, Sunday morning group runs.
Not to be missed!
Registered & non Registered runners and walkers all welcome. A great family weekend event.

2014 TBC.

2013 Race Details:
9:30am: Walkers (non-judged) (5km - 3km lap+2km lap)
10:30am: Girls 10 and under (1km)
10:40am: Boys 10 and under (1km)
10:50am: Girls 12 and under (2km)
11:00am: Boys 12 and under (2km)
11:10am: Masters Men 50+ (6km - 2*3km laps)
11:35am: Masters Women 35+ (5km - 3km lap+2km lap)
12:00pm: Girls 14 and under (3km)
12:15pm: Boys 14 and under (3km)
12:30pm: Masters Men 35-49 (6km - 2*3km laps)
1:00pm: Women 16 and under (4km - 2*2km laps)
1:15pm: Men 16 and under (5km - 3km lap+2km lap)
1:35pm: Women 19 and under (4km - 2*2km laps)
1:50pm: Men 19 and under (5km - 3km lap+2km lap)
2:10pm: Senior Women (5km - 3km lap+2km lap)
2:35pm: Senior Men (9km - 3*3km laps)

Further details

Athletics Wellington Cross Country Championships plus road walk.

2014 details:
This is the same as the 2012 and 2013 course. Note many of the races and times changed in 2013, with a new M60 and non-championship SM grade.

Map of 2km lap
Map of 1km lap

Race 1: 1:00pm
Masters Men (40+, 50+, 60+, SM non-champ) (8km - 4 x 2km)
Open Women (8km - 4 x 2km)

Race 2: 1:40pm
Women U18 (4km - 2 x 2km)
Masters women (35+, 50+) (6km - 3 x 2km)
Women U20 (6km - 3 x 2km)
Men U18 (6km - 3 x 2km)

Race 3: 2:10pm
Men U20 (8km - 4 x 2.0km)
Open Men (12km - 6 x 2.0km)

Race 4: 3:00pm
Boys and Girls U9 (1.0km - 1 x 1.0km)

Race 5: 3:10pm
Boys and Girls U11 (2km - 1 x 2km)

Race 6: 3:20pm
Boys and Girls U13 (3km - 1km + 2km)
Boys and Girls U15 (3km - 1km + 2km)

Teams: 6 members count for the Open men, 4 for all other grades

Medals: Centre medals are awarded for the first 3 Wellington centre athletes in each grade.

NOTE: This is an interclub event so uniform is required and you must wear your timing chip.

Further details

The honest 10 offers:

• An accurately measured 10km run for serious and not so serious runners


• At least two pacemakers (pace will vary from 40 - 55 muniutes)


• A drinks table that you can use out and back


• Time calls on the course


• Free sports drink at the finish


Registration from 8:15am at Evans Bay wind needle.
Run starts at 9am.
The couse runs from the wind needle to Freyberg bus stop and back.
Entry fee $10.

Further details

The purpose of the Special General Meeting is to approve the expenditure of capitation fees towards the establishment of the Multi-sport clubrooms on Alex Moore Park. The capitation fees are an easier alternative to raising funds via raffles etc. The club has the flexibility to decide how this money will be raised. This money will be used by the Alex Moore Sport and Community Inc. board to pay for things which are not covered by grants. The capitation fee is $10 per senior member and $5 for under 18s and comes to $1020 for this year. A similar amount is expected in future years until the facility is built.

In July 2011 the committee endorsed the concept of a combined clubrooms on Alex Moore Park but outlined a number of requirements to be met in the final design.
These requirements were:

• That there is a permanent dedicated space for the club to meet, deliver club notices and make presentations, prior to our going out for a run on Saturdays, such that we are not disturbed (or we do not disturb) any other activities related to other codes at the same time.
• That there is a permanent dedicated space for club history such as photographs, trophies and an honours board to be displayed.
• That there is a means of securing people's belongings while they are out on their run.
• That there are designated women's showers and changing rooms.
• That there is a permanent dedicated room for committee meetings.

Having a permanent designated space is not part of the principles of the sportsville model which aims for maximum utilisation of the facility, precluding designated spaces which may sit unused for the majority of the time. Permanent designated spaces were removed from the original concept plans after a review by Peter Burley because of the cost. We need to consider whether a space being available whenever we need it is sufficient. The operations committee is tasked with ensuring the other requirements are able to be met.

We had a meeting in March to try and tease out any questions and concerns people may have with regard to the project but only seven people turned up. The two main questions raised at the meeting (apart from the points above) were:

• What's in it for us?
• What will the ongoing financial contribution (presumably a capitation fee) be once the building is complete?

The estimate for the cost of the build alone is currently $4.2 million, so with outfitting, this is likely to be around $5 million. Negotiations with the Wellington City Council are underway to, hopefully, secure a dollar-for-dollar funding deal. Because of the leverage of numbers with multiple clubs involved, funding should be easier to come by (although it won't be easy). This applies to both the building phase and the ongoing operations.

Harriers is not like the other sports involved in this project because we are not tied to a ground (although it is good to have for some of the training). We do have times, such as our combined runs with Hutt Valley and the Centenary celebrations, where a larger space would be desirable. We need to consider our requirements, possible alternatives and what is best value for money and make a decision whether or not to proceed as partners in this project.

Hadyn Smith and Mel Smalley from the Alex Moore Park Sport and Community board will be along to answer any questions you may have.

If you think of any questions you'd like answered, please email Mark Handley (mark_handley@moh.govt.nz) beforehand so he can forward them to Hadyn and Mel.